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Are we all millenials here or is that a misperception?

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  • MarjorieRM MarjorieR

    @u0421793 @thordis but there was a baby boom after WW2 ended.
    Lots of people, who had interrupted family life because of the war married or just reunited and had children so the birth rate rocketed. Hence the term Baby Boomer.
    I'm one of those children.

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    Ian K Tindale
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    @marjolica @thordis I bet more babies were born during or shortly after the early 70s nightly power cuts 🙂

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    • Þórdís HelgadóttiirT Þórdís Helgadóttiir

      Are we all millenials here or is that a misperception?

      Could people boozt this? I am so curious.

      Are you a:

      bbbhltzB This user is from outside of this forum
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      #221

      @thordis standard issue millennial

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      • David MegginsonD David Megginson

        @thordis I choose boomer, but I could also be genX Depending on where you put the cutoff.

        It's a bit ridiculous calling myself a "boomer" given that I was still in kindergarten when the Beatles broke up and I share none of their growing-up experiences, but marketers love oversimplifying things. 🤷

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        @david_megginson

        Yeah the boomer designation really covers two generations with two very different life experiences. The ones at the older end are old enough to be parents of those of us at the younger end, and I don't relate to them/their experiences at all.

        We are actually "Jonesers" or "Generation Jones": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generation_Jones

        @thordis

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        • Þórdís HelgadóttiirT Þórdís Helgadóttiir

          Are we all millenials here or is that a misperception?

          Could people boozt this? I am so curious.

          Are you a:

          Johanna-Jessica OFSP This user is from outside of this forum
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          Johanna-Jessica OFS
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          #223

          @thordis Millenial, born 1990

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          • Þórdís HelgadóttiirT Þórdís Helgadóttiir

            Are we all millenials here or is that a misperception?

            Could people boozt this? I am so curious.

            Are you a:

            snappyhomeS This user is from outside of this forum
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            snappyhome
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            #224

            @thordis
            I picked Gen X, but really I'm one of those middling Oregon Trail people who fits cleanly in neither the X nor the Millennial box. Ultimately I have decided that the dividing line should be century of high school graduation, which is why I choose as I did.

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            • Þórdís HelgadóttiirT Þórdís Helgadóttiir

              Are we all millenials here or is that a misperception?

              Could people boozt this? I am so curious.

              Are you a:

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              #225

              @thordis

              Technically Xennial cuz I cannot relate to 90% of the supposed suburban comfort of Gen X.

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              • Þórdís HelgadóttiirT Þórdís Helgadóttiir

                Are we all millenials here or is that a misperception?

                Could people boozt this? I am so curious.

                Are you a:

                rtdsx :computerfairies:T This user is from outside of this forum
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                rtdsx :computerfairies:
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                #226

                @thordis GenZ 🫡

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                • Þórdís HelgadóttiirT Þórdís Helgadóttiir

                  Are we all millenials here or is that a misperception?

                  Could people boozt this? I am so curious.

                  Are you a:

                  Mr. Lance E Sloan (IRL) 👤S This user is from outside of this forum
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                  Mr. Lance E Sloan (IRL) 👤
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                  @thordis
                  FYI: The correct spelling is "millennial", not "millenial". You've left out one of the "n".

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                  • QuixoticgeekQ Quixoticgeek

                    @marjolica @thordis there's no one definitive definition. I've also seen

                    1946-1964 - baby boomers
                    1965-1984 - gen x
                    1985-2005 - millennials

                    Etc... as that way each generation is exactly 20 years.

                    The origin stories podcast had an episode last week called "boomers" which talks about the various ways the generations can be defined.

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                    ash :neodog_flag_gf:
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                    #228

                    @quixoticgeek@social.v.st @marjolica@social.linux.pizza @thordis@theforkiverse.com I'm right on the border between millenial and gen Z depending on who you ask 😄

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                    • Vranz FultureF Vranz Fulture

                      guess you're looking for the term Gen Y oO

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                      @fravul
                      Yes! 💯

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                      • ash :neodog_flag_gf:D ash :neodog_flag_gf:

                        @quixoticgeek@social.v.st @marjolica@social.linux.pizza @thordis@theforkiverse.com I'm right on the border between millenial and gen Z depending on who you ask 😄

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                        @darkphoenix @marjolica @thordis i consider myself gen x more than I do a millennial. I'd use the term xenial, if it didn't annoy me so much.

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                        • Þórdís HelgadóttiirT Þórdís Helgadóttiir

                          Are we all millenials here or is that a misperception?

                          Could people boozt this? I am so curious.

                          Are you a:

                          Ruth O'DayR This user is from outside of this forum
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                          #231

                          @thordis

                          Generation Jones! (We have been wrongly grouped at the tail end of the Boomers)

                          https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generation_Jones

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                          • david_kehmD david_kehm

                            @thordis

                            Everybody forgets about #GenX

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                            #232

                            @david_kehm @thordis
                            Not! 🚫 🙅‍♂️

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                            • QuixoticgeekQ Quixoticgeek

                              @darkphoenix @marjolica @thordis i consider myself gen x more than I do a millennial. I'd use the term xenial, if it didn't annoy me so much.

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                              @quixoticgeek @darkphoenix @marjolica @thordis I've been called* "geriatric millennial" so I naturally identify as gen x out of spite, mostly.

                              *not me, but the people born in my year, etc etc.

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                              • Þórdís HelgadóttiirT Þórdís Helgadóttiir

                                Are we all millenials here or is that a misperception?

                                Could people boozt this? I am so curious.

                                Are you a:

                                Phil Thane ✅P This user is from outside of this forum
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                                @thordis
                                Ask #OldPeopleOfMastodon and see how many boomers there are!

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                                • NormieN Normie

                                  @thordis Fediverse DOES have a network of smaller Gen Z servers

                                  but they tend to be Queer or Furry focused. and occasionally Game Development

                                  they are also quite insular for valid reasons, and I'm certainly not going to list a bunch so everyone can go bother their users

                                  but they are with us. you just need to move in the correct circles and they will pop up to make you feel ancient

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                                  @normjess @thordis not just ancient... But woefully underinformed about Trains.

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                                  • David MegginsonD David Megginson

                                    @thordis I choose boomer, but I could also be genX Depending on where you put the cutoff.

                                    It's a bit ridiculous calling myself a "boomer" given that I was still in kindergarten when the Beatles broke up and I share none of their growing-up experiences, but marketers love oversimplifying things. 🤷

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                                    @david_megginson @thordis It's strange, I remember being told the Beatles broke up by my father. I can even remember the expression he used!

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                                    • kitH kit

                                      @thordis
                                      I keep getting surprised when I notice yet another co-cohort or older human. Not that one always can tell, but on previous social media I kept getting the impression that most of the folk I knew were a couple of decades younger.

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                                      AnneH
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                                      #237

                                      @hypostase @thordis Boomer here 🤚

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                                      • Þórdís HelgadóttiirT Þórdís Helgadóttiir

                                        Are we all millenials here or is that a misperception?

                                        Could people boozt this? I am so curious.

                                        Are you a:

                                        Mr. Lance E Sloan (IRL) 👤S This user is from outside of this forum
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                                        #238

                                        @thordis
                                        Graph from #AARP of #USA population by generation, along with years included within each generation.

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                                        • Þórdís HelgadóttiirT Þórdís Helgadóttiir

                                          Are we all millenials here or is that a misperception?

                                          Could people boozt this? I am so curious.

                                          Are you a:

                                          Chris L-W👻🚫C This user is from outside of this forum
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                                          #239

                                          @thordis technically Millennial but actually Xennial.

                                          As my friend puts it, we got participation trophies, but knew they were bullshit. 🤣

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